Economics : a student's guide / John Beardshaw.
By: Beardshaw, John.
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Pitman, 1989Edition: 2nd ed.Description: [640] p. : ill ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0273030132 (pbk).Subject(s): EconomicsDDC classification: 330Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Bibliography: (pages 649-650) and index.
1. Introduction -- Economics and the economy: an overview -- 2. The microeconomic system -- II. Markets and prices -- III. The theory of distribution -- IV. The market assessed: welfare economics -- 3. Macroeconomics -- V. The determination of national income -- VI. Monetary theory and practice -- VII. International economics -- VIII. Problems and policies.
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- Introduction
- Section 1 Economics and the Economy: An Overview
- 1 Introduction: What is Economics about?
- 2 Mathematical techniques in economics
- 3 The economic problem: resources and their explanation
- 4 Demography
- 5 The basis of the market economy
- 6 The mixed economy
- 7 National Income: The microeconomic system
- Section 2 Markets and Prices
- 8 The price system
- 9 Demand and utility
- 10 Elasticities of demand & supply
- 11 Markets in movement
- 12 Agricultural prices: a case study
- 13 The business organisation: its type, size and location
- 14 Competition and profits
- 15 Cost in the short run and the long run
- 16 Competitive supply
- 17 Price and output under imperfect competition
- 18 Aspects of monopoly
- Section 3 The Thoery of Distribution
- 19 The pricing of productive factors
- 20 The determination of wages
- 21 Rent
- 22 Capital and interest
- 23 Enterprise and profit
- Section 4 Applied Microeconomics
- 24 An introduction to welfare economics
- 25 Market failure
- 26 The privatisation debate
- 27 The economics of the environment
- 28 Transport and the economy
- 29 The public sector
- 30 Taxes and benefits
- Section 5 The Determination of National Income
- 31 Keynesian macroecoonmics
- 32 Consumption, savings and investment
- 33 The Keynesian aggregate model
- 34 Aggregate demand and supply
- 35 Fluctuations in the level of economic activity
- Section 6 Money, Prices and National Income
- 36 Money and prices
- 37 Financial systems and monetary policy
- 38 Money and national income
- Section 7 International Economics
- 39 The gains of international trade
- 40 The balance of payments
- 41 Exchange rates
- 42 International institutions
- Section 8 Problems and Policies
- 43 School of thought and policy
- 44 The control of inflation
- 45 The reduction of unemployment
- 47 Conflicting objectives